Just Because It’s Friday

I believe that pie is an excellent breakfast food. It has fruit and bread, so basically you are having toast and fruit for breakfast. It’s just in a different shape. It’s Friday, so enjoy some breakfast pie this morning.

She is an elegant princess displaced from her home. He is a rough sea captain with a heart of gold…

To escape the war in her underwater kingdom, the noble daughter of a murdered king must flee to Alaska. Doing all she can to keep her younger sisters safe, Aazuria tries to assimilate and work among the Americans, with her feisty red-haired bodyguard at her side. This refuge holds pleasant surprises, for the princess meets a somber gentleman in a dark corner who promises to show her his world. Trevain Murphy is a successful crab fisherman who has spent his life building an empire above the sea, but knows nothing of the greater empire beneath the surface. When a graceful dancer captures his attention, he becomes fascinated with her old-fashioned speech and unique mannerisms. Learning that her father has recently died, he cannot resist extending his kindness in offering to guide and protect her.

As it becomes clear that the dark-haired woman is much more than she seems, Trevain is unprepared to uncover the staggering secrets behind her innocent facade. Neither the captain nor the princess can imagine that their lives will become forcibly entwined as a common enemy threatens both of their worlds…

When a woman’s body is found under a slab of ice in the New Hampshire coastal town of Rye Harbor, the discovery triggers a series of events that will eventually threaten the life of Max, the feisty redheaded bartender at Ben’s Place, and others as well. It is up to her best friend, Jack Beale, to unravel the mystery that takes them from coastal New England to Taos, New Mexico and Switzerland.

What could be sweeter than a free home in the beautiful town of Astral, Pennsylvania? Well, for Steven and his family, staying alive would be pretty nice.

When Steven inherits a beautiful home and large piece of land from his grandparents, the family is thrilled to move from the stuffy city to the inviting countryside. There’s lots of land for the children to explore, a great house, and helpful neighbors. But for Steven, the house comes equipped with ghost stories from his youth, a spooky well, and spookier relatives.

Steven and his wife, Tara, are on a mission to figure out who is behind the strange things they’re experiencing. From abductions to hidden rooms, the house is full of surprises and scares for both the family and the reader. And the story has so many twists and shocking developments, you won’t be able to look away!

Perhaps the greatest part of this book is that the author, Kimberly Raiser, is willing to sacrifice characters in order to fully tell the story. This certainly isn’t a book where you can figure out exactly who is going to live just by reading the first chapter. Not even the children are safe from the action!

My name is John C. Pope and I’m a WWII, US Marine veteran. After more than six decades, battlefield memories of Kwajalein, Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo Jima remain as vivid for me as if they took place only moments ago. Many historians have documented the strategies of these horrific battles and their impact on the outcome of WWII. Scarce are the stories from the men who did the actual fighting. Sadly, many of the men had no chance to write their story. Their stories ended instantly when they fell dead on a tiny Pacific island, worlds away from their home and loved ones. I’m 90 years old now and one of a dwindling number of survivors. I realize my story needs be told while I still have my health and a sound mind.

As I set out to write this I want to make clear I make no claim whatsoever to be a tactician or having the slightest inside information as to how battles were planned. Everything I write here is based entirely on my personal experiences and the experiences of privates and corporals who fought alongside me.

In a post-American world, where an oppressive global government blankets all of humanity, the entire prison system has been dismissed in favor of an ungoverned region of forced exile. Commonly called the State of Refuge, the convicts within its boundaries must fend for themselves amidst the violence and anarchy if they hope to survive. When seventeen-year-old Derek Vaskez is wrongly sentenced there, he finds himself caught up in a conspiracy much larger than he could ever imagine. He alone possesses something that many ruthless people are searching for and would kill to obtain—something so valuable that it could change the entire world as he knows it.

When her father dies, Kaz Marie Montgomery inherits his run down vineyard in Napa with the condition to remodel the big house and bring in a crop of grapes within a year. Otherwise the property will go to her estranged brother. Kaz gathers a cast to help her, including Dante Rossini the past vintner who was accused of killing his wife in the big house. When Kaz discovers an ancient manuscript hidden in the chimney, the stakes increase. Someone wants the manuscript and will kill for it. Kaz must finish the remodel while outsmarting whoever wants the manuscript, while losing her heart to her vintner.